A Virginia doctor found liable for battery of a teen is still practicing

Dr. Martin Seth Forman, a pediatrician based in Virginia, still has his medical license despite being found liable in civil court for battery of a 15-year-old girl.

LANSDOWNE, Va. — A Virginia pediatrician hit with a $1.3 million civil verdict for barging into a 15-year-old patient’s home under the guise of making an unscheduled “house call” and allegedly fondling the girl’s breasts still has a license to practice medicine.

And now he’s facing a new lawsuit accusing him of sexual battery of another teenage patient.

But Dr. Martin Seth Forman has never been charged with a crime. And the regulatory agency that oversees doctors in Virginia declined to discipline Forman when he was accused of inappropriately touching the first teenager and would not comment on whether it would move to lift his license now that he’s facing a second civil lawsuit.

The 70-year-old board certified doctor was found liable in civil court for the first incident that happened in March 2017. He is now being sued for $8.7 million by the parents of the other female patient for allegedly touching her breasts and rubbing himself against her earlier this year while performing a lymph node examination her parents claim was unnecessary.

Dr. Martin Seth Forman.Reston Pediatrics / via Facebook“I’m very shocked he still has a medical license,” the mother of the first patient, who was identified in court papers by just the initials MA, told NBC News in a telephone interview. “I called the police many times. He should be in jail.”